WEBVTT AUTHORITIES SAY NOAH NEVIL WAS ACQUAINTANCES WITH THE VICTIM. STEVE BURGIN JOINS US WITH A POSSIBLE MOTIVE FOR THE CRIME . STEVE: 58-YEAR-OLD EARL MOORE WAS A DISABLED ARMY VET WITH BACK PROBLEMS, WHO WAS ON PAIN MEDICATION. THE FLOYD COUNTY PROSECUTOR BELIEVES NOAH NEVIL WAS AFTER THOSE DRUGS. THERE IS A COMBINATION HERE OF FIRE INJURY AND BLUNT FORCE TRAUMA. STEVE: THE BLAZE WAS DISCOVERED IN THE EARLY MORNING HOURS OF FEBRUARY 7. NEW ALBANY POLICE COULD NOT REACH THE VICTIM BECAUSE OF THE FIRE'S INTENSITY AND THE HEAVY SMOKE. BASICALLY FULLY ENGULFED. THEY TRIED TO MAKE SOME RESCUE EFFORTS BECAUSE THE SMOKE AND FLAMES, THEY WERE UNABLE TO MAKE ENTRY. STEVE: INVESTIGATORS BELIEVE 40-YEAR-OLD NOAH NEVIL SENIOR STARTED THE FIRE IN ATTEMPT TO HIDE HIS CRIME. THE MEDICAL EXAMINER SAYS MOORE HAD BEEN BEATEN AND SUFFERED BURNS ON OVER 50% OF HIS BODY. MOORE'S HOME REMAINS BOARDED UP. PEOPLE LIVING IN THE NEIGHBORHOOD ARE RELIEVED AN ARREST HAS BEEN MADE. EARL WAS DISABILITY. HE HAD SOME BACK TROUBLE HE TOOK HEAVY-DUTY PAIN MEDICATION. SURE GLAD THEY CAUGHT HIM. EARL DIDN'T DESERVE WHAT HE GOT. STEVE: I GUESS A LOT OF RESIDENTS WERE NERVOUS AROUND HERE. OH YES EVERYBODY WAS. ,STEVE: PROSECUTOR KEITH HENDERSON IS PROMISING TO PURSUE STIFF PUNISHMENT. KEITH HENDERSON: ANY MURDER, ANYTIME SOMEONE LOSES THERE LIFE -- LOSES THEIR LIFE, IT IS A TRAGEDY. IN THIS PARTICULAR CASE MORE SO BY THE MANNER OF DEATH. STEVE: ACCORDING TO AUTHORITIES NEVIL WAS ALREADY IN JAIL ON AN UNRELATED CASE. SO FAR THERE IS NO WORD ON WHEN HE WILL APPEAR IN COURT TO FACE THE MURDER AND ARSON CHARGES. VICKI: POLICE SAY ALONG WITH TAKING MOORE'S MEDICATIONS, THEY ALSO BELIEVE NOAH NEVIL STOLE OTHER ITEMS. WE ARE ALSO TOLD INVESTIGATORS ARE LOOKING FOR A PERSON OF